píobán

See also: pìoban

Irish

Etymology

píb (“pipe”) +‎ -án

Noun

píobán m (genitive singular píobáin, nominative plural píobáin)

1. (anatomy) pipe, tube

   Synonym: píopa

2. windpipe

   Synonym: píobán garbh

3. bronchial tube

   Synonym: píobán broinceach

4. throat, gullet

   Synonyms: scornach, sceadamán, craos, éasafagas, píobán réidh

5. hose, hosepipe

   Synonyms: píopa uisce, osán

Declension

Declension of píobán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative píobán píobáin vocative a phíobáin a phíobána genitive píobáin píobán dative píobán píobáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an píobán na píobáin genitive an phíobáin na bpíobán dative leis an bpíobán don phíobán leis na píobáin

Derived terms

• do phíobán a fhliuchadh (“to wet one’s whistle”)
• mol píobáin (“hose-reel”)
• píobán amach (“outlet duct”)
• píobán dóiteáin (“fire-hose”)
• píobán eala (“swan-neck”)
• píobán fuaraithe (“cooling duct”)
• píobán gairdín (“garden-hose”)
• píobán garbh (“trachea”)
• príomhphíobán uisce (“water main”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of píobán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
píobán	phíobán	bpíobán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “píobán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “píobán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024